Apparently I have been in an accident...

[anonymous-user]

I get the odd random sales or 'claiming back PPI insurance' calls on my mobile phone now and again like a people do, and generally I just ignore them or hang up straight away.

But, I got a call from a company today called Action Assist based in Manchester, and they started the phone call by telling me my own details (which were correct) whilst I remained tight lipped about if they had got the correct person and asked them to explain why they were calling.

They said it has come to their attention that I have been in a minor car accident during the last few months, and would I like them to sue the other party for damages and injuries etc.

I told them to ps off, and that they were incorrect about me being in an accident.
They were then quite insistent that I HAD been in an accident as they get the information direct from insurance companies.

I then hung up, but after googling them, it appears they really do phone people who have been in car accidents, and not just at random.

So I'm a little confused now because I haven't had a car accident, claim or incident in around 12 years, probably more in fact.

Are these people just complete chancers who have run out of genuine accident participants to call, and are phoning everyone else at random, or is there something more sinister going on such as someone has reported me being involved in an accident of some kind that I don't know about?

[DaveH23]

Id say they where chancers.

You should of asked for details of the accident and see what they came up with.

[Roo]

Had several similar calls recently.

Last car accident I had was in 1995.

[sherbertdip]

We get those calls a few times a month insisting that they can chase for compensation for the two claims we made on our cars in June 2012, yes they know all the facts apart from the really important one, who was at fault?

Because, we both claimed for severely damaged bodywork and replacement glass because of the golf ball sized hailstones.

When we ask if they have much success chasing God for cash they are usually a bit stumped, then they are told to ps off!

[TheEnd]

Everybody gets these, they just don't post threads about it.

[sherbertdip]

No they don't, and if the OP wants to post about it's got nowt to do wi' thee sonny!

[Mr Classic]

I got one a couple of weeks ago and they said I had ticked 'Accident in the last 5 years' on a Confused.com quote which is why they had rung me.

[anonymous-user]

TheEnd said:

Everybody gets these, they just don't post threads about it.

I had never had such a thing until a couple of hours ago.

Thanks for being so helpful.

[eltawater]

Do you have an Android mobile phone?

Do yourself a massive favour, and create an appropriately named contact on your phone, then add the number which they last called from to this contact. Set the contact to divert all calls to voicemail. Every time they call from a different number, add it to this contact.

There are several companies from the area who will call themselves Action/Accident/Advice line UK etc and will dial from a range of different numbers. They absolutely will not take no for an answer, and will continually hound you even if you ask politely to be removed from their database. I received over 70 calls a month from these companies, with one time they even called from a mobile phone to try and get through. Area codes are mainly 0151 or 0161, and a few 0800 / 0843s as well.

I'm pretty convinced that my details were sold on by the two former Aviva employees who were sacked recently.

Edited by eltawater on Wednesday 18th June 19:40

[andy118run]

NinjaPower said:

TheEnd said:

Everybody gets these, they just don't post threads about it.

I had never had such a thing until a couple of hours ago.

Thanks for being so helpful.

I've never had any such call, even when I was in an accident a couple of years back.

[LoonR1]

andy118run said:

NinjaPower said:

TheEnd said:

Everybody gets these, they just don't post threads about it.

I had never had such a thing until a couple of hours ago.

Thanks for being so helpful.

I've never had any such call, even when I was in an accident a couple of years back.

Do you complete insurance quotes on a price comparison website? If so then expect calls; if not then expect none.

[4rephill]

andy118run said:

I've never had any such call, even when I was in an accident a couple of years back.

I have, I had a message left on My phone a couple of days ago that stated: "We've been desperately trying to contact you about tens of thousands of pounds owed to you from your no-fault accident last year!.............."

It must a been a pretty bad accident as I have no memory of it whatsoever! - I assume that must mean that I should get even more money due to a brain injury!

(Bizarrely, none of My friends or family seem to recall Me being in an accident either! - I assume that must be due to collective shock so I'll add that to the claim for them!).


The other strange thing is, this company has apparently been desperately trying to contact Me, but their efforts have so far been the sum total of one phone call from which they left a message!

They've not tried emailing Me or sending anything through the post to contact Me! - They haven't even tried phoning Me a second time! (I assume they must be too busy preparing My case to make sure My claim is airtight!).

Oh well! - I'll wait for them to send the big cheque through when it's all sorted!
(Really wish I could remember the accident though! )

[anonymous-user]

LoonR1 said:

andy118run said:

NinjaPower said:

TheEnd said:

Everybody gets these, they just don't post threads about it.

I had never had such a thing until a couple of hours ago.

Thanks for being so helpful.

I've never had any such call, even when I was in an accident a couple of years back.

Do you complete insurance quotes on a price comparison website? If so then expect calls; if not then expect none.

Yes I do.

I usually always use the comparison sites at around renewal time.

I wish I didn't, but I have to in order to get my 'not on comparison websites' type insurer beaten down in price otherwise they completely take the piss.

[LoonR1]

NinjaPower said:

Yes I do.

I usually always use the comparison sites at around renewal time.

I wish I didn't, but I have to in order to get my 'not on comparison websites' type insurer beaten down in price otherwise they completely take the piss.

Them there's your answer. The fact you've not had an accident won't stop them selling your details on to someone who will pester you on the off chance.

[parabolica]

I had one of these just a few days ago. I took great pleasure in telling her that there was no possible way I was involved in a RTA in London during May, seeing as I've been living in Dar Es Salaam for 4 months.

[briang9]

LoonR1 said:

Do you complete insurance quotes on a price comparison website? If so then expect calls; if not then expect none.

always use a fake number

[Roo]

eltawater said:

Do you have an Android mobile phone?

Do yourself a massive favour, and create an appropriately named contact on your phone, then add the number which they last called from to this contact. Set the contact to divert all calls to voicemail. Every time they call from a different number, add it to this contact.

There are several companies from the area who will call themselves Action/Accident/Advice line UK etc and will dial from a range of different numbers. They absolutely will not take no for an answer, and will continually hound you even if you ask politely to be removed from their database. I received over 70 calls a month from these companies, with one time they even called from a mobile phone to try and get through. Area codes are mainly 0151 or 0161, and a few 0800 / 0843s as well.

I'm pretty convinced that my details were sold on by the two former Aviva employees who were sacked recently.

Edited by eltawater on Wednesday 18th June 19:40

I have a contact set up on my phone labelled as 'Ignore, cold caller'

Unfortunately some are now withholding their numbers and I can't ignore those as when my wife rings from work it says 'witheld number'.

[talksthetorque]

briang9 said:

always use a fake number

or the number of these call centres.
Then they may disappear up their own paradox.

[MoelyCrio]

LoonR1 said:

NinjaPower said:

Yes I do.

I usually always use the comparison sites at around renewal time.

I wish I didn't, but I have to in order to get my 'not on comparison websites' type insurer beaten down in price otherwise they completely take the piss.

Them there's your answer. The fact you've not had an accident won't stop them selling your details on to someone who will pester you on the off chance.

Speculation, or do you want to name names?

[MoelyCrio]

LoonR1 said:

NinjaPower said:

Yes I do.

I usually always use the comparison sites at around renewal time.

I wish I didn't, but I have to in order to get my 'not on comparison websites' type insurer beaten down in price otherwise they completely take the piss.

Them there's your answer. The fact you've not had an accident won't stop them selling your details on to someone who will pester you on the off chance.

Speculation, or do you want to name names?